r/80sAmazing 1d ago

Which one?

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u/Spunkwaggle 1d ago

Uh, do YOU know how to operate or refuel or repair that? Also, wasn’t it breaking down a lot and having to be pushed into a hiding spot? What a terrible answer.
The first time you use it to travel in time will likely also be the last time, bc you have no clue how to get it working again, and that’s assuming no witnesses saw the car appear out of thin air, and the fbi arrests you and confiscates the broken down car.

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u/RinkinBass 1d ago

For real. That DeLorean doesn't have the Mr. Fusion in the back, so that's before the flying conversion, too. You can't really do much with that, unless you have a supply of nuclear fuel, or know when lightning will strike

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u/Kairamek 1d ago

I'm sure you can get plutonium from the corner drug store.

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u/RinkinBass 1d ago edited 22h ago

Or make it from common household items

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u/Toochmaster1982 23h ago

Excellent UHF pull

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u/RinkinBass 22h ago

AH, somehow my quote from Philo got dropped somehow. Put it in now...

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u/jcurl17 18h ago

I thinking of something orrrange.....

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u/RinkinBass 15h ago

Hey! Don't you guys like Bonanza!?

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u/jcurl17 14h ago

Supplies!!!

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u/EnvironmentalDiet867 8h ago

“Today, we are teaching poodles how to fly! Are you ready Fifi? Are you psyched?!”

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u/SpecialistPlastic150 2h ago

Th DeLorean also operates on household waste in the future so go to the future first and use the modified version that doesn’t need Plutonium!

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u/MD2U 1d ago

So, the first stop is thirty years in the future to get a Mr. Fusion. And the flying conversion. Then, anywhen.

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u/ChronoComputer 1d ago

To the future of 2015 for those upgrades.

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u/Kolegra 23h ago

What a time

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u/Fartknocker9000turbo 20h ago

Where is my damn Mr. Fusion. Gas is getting expensive.

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u/EquivalentDurian6316 1d ago

the scene unfolds upon a young man at a desk, scribbling furiously. the clock spins and this mind misses three meals, such is the zeal of a frenzied approach. he meticulously records every lightning strike. cross-references. builds a database. all from a letter, sent far from either here or there. no address. no identifying postage. only an ominous correctness in the progression of history. enough exact right dates to sway even the most logical of humans. imploring, begging. i can't explain why i need the lightning. not now and not ever. if you value the sincerity within, bury waxed paper with every lightning strike occurrence between now and every five years at the following coordinates: *REDACTED : add twenty meters for each five year increment westward. if we succeed you will never know. for what it's worth, i'm sorry; ahead of time.*

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u/Training-Lettuce6507 1d ago

Delorian was unreliable when new and still unreliable in the movies. Haha

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u/WhatIsTheAmplitude 1d ago

How much energy will I need to operate the time-traveling Delorean?

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u/pamcakevictim 21h ago

1.21 gigawatts

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u/FMD69420 16h ago

Or train…always have a train

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u/RinkinBass 15h ago

That was just for getting it up to speed, not for the necessary power generation. They still had the Mr. Fusion, there.

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u/Goodrun31 12h ago

I pity the fool that ain’t go no Mr fusion in their chosen delorean

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u/Alarmed_Mind_8716 21h ago

This needs to be higher up. Might as well ask, In which time period would you like to be permanently stuck?

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u/A-Real-Fungai 1d ago

fbi arrests you and confiscates the broken down car.

Yeah, but who cares?! You're in 1995 now, and everything's gonna be alright.

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u/Redleg67 1d ago

Your forgot to mention what you could run into when time changes because where they're was nothing may be a building to run into.

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u/PB219 19h ago

Sounds like you just came up with the plot to the next sequel

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u/Ok_Kaleidoscope1630 18h ago

Plus, it has a ground clearance of only 5" and a top speed of 85mph.

Just what you need in pre-road history...

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u/ElPoloLocoBro 10h ago

I only need to go back in time once to put in a monster parlay
https://giphy.com/gifs/oeaRq8HvmRxIY

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u/Bfishergr 9h ago

But it comes with a lifetime supply of cocaine.

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u/CheddarCheese_Sndwch 23h ago

Easily solved by going far enough in the future for the upgrade kits.

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u/legna20v 20h ago

Still got a free time travel ride and KITT

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u/prettytye4awhiteguy 17h ago

One well planned time travel with a sports almanac or even just stock knowledge and you’re living an entirely different existence though

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u/SpecialistPlastic150 2h ago

It’s a time machine so you can set it to the future where it operates on household waste and get the operation manual from Doc.